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House Dust Under the Microscope

House Dust

This is a close-up of the particles in the lower center of the preceding general field of view. Most of the particles are skin flakes in the background of the brighter starch grains, tissue fibers, and brown humus particle.

Transmitted Off Crossed Polarized Light Illumination

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